health sector can be directed to a great deal of improvements by formulation of proper policies. however, policy making in human resources, the most important resource, was not regarded as much necessary as the health sector. therefore, this study aimed to compare core stages of policy making in human resources for the health sector (hrh). such a research can be considered as an important step ...

introduction: information technology might have some potential effects, such as influencing treatment process, rate and easiness of information retrieval, and information availability for making clinical decisions based on conditions and management, educational and research activities on health service systems. recognizing these effects can be concerned as a foundation to strategic planning in ...

background : one of the major health policy issues, in the both developed and developing countries, is the equality in the distribution of health resources. the aim of this study was to investigate the disparity in the distribution of health physical resources across the provinces of iran in 2001 and 2011. methods : this was a cross-sectional retrospective study which investigated inequality in...

introduction: since health is one of god's great bounties bestowed on human, he should attempt to keep it especially in today's machine life. therefore, people have to be educated before any kind of disease occurs. this study aimed to analyze the contents of secondary school textbooks regarding health education indices such as skin health, oral hygiene, nutrition, sports and physical activity, ...

As the supply of physicians grew during the 1970s, medical and surgical specialists diffused into smaller communities. In 1979, nearly every town with a population of more than 2,500 had ready access to a physician. The overall pattern of physician distribution was quite similar in the four disparate geographic regions chosen for study. The data strongly suggest that competitive forces play a m...

The World Wide Web is a powerful new way to deliver on-line clinical information, but several problems limit its value to health care professionals: content is highly distributed and difficult to find, clinical information is not separated from non-clinical information, and the current Web technology is unable to support some advanced retrieval capabilities. A system called CliniWeb has been de...

A key challenge for every organisation today is to recognise and unlock the value of its substantial collection of information resources and to utilise them for the maximum benefit of the organisation and its stakeholders. Improving the quality of information is potentially one of the most critical factors that can positively impact upon the perceived value of information within an organisation...